One of the best profs at uvic. Patient, knowledgeable and genuinely invested. Very fair balance between assignments and tests. Clear expectations and is always available to help.

I think Dr. Iosub is new to UVIC this year and we are so lucky to have her! Such a lovely person (w/ a wicked sense of humour!) and it is clear she respects and cares deeply for her students. She made herself very accessible to students and the class was always well-prepared for exams. Great experience, would love to take another class with her!

She is one of the best profs. She cares SO MUCH about her students and their success. She has an "open door" policy and is therefore always available for help. Group projects are quite challenging, but she is willing to help you on those too. Tests were hard, but if you studied hard, you could do really well.

One of the most caring professors at UVic. Teaches concepts clearly and provides in class exercises to help students grasp the material. Tests are similar to her provided worksheets.

A very good Organic Chem prof gave clear instructions and lectures and tons of practice material to make a difficult subject super manageable!

Violeta is one of the kindest professors at UVic. She makes an effort to get to know many of her 400+ students by name, which is such a small but appreciated gesture that many profs dont do. She is helpful, and will always make time to answer questions and make sure students are understanding and keeping up. Shes also very funny and personable!

Violeta was an amazing professor. I learned so much from her. This class was the easiest out of my courses, and I was pretty close to an A+, but I ran out of time on a midterm and the final. I also skipped a couple of the end lectures which were important. Make sure you manage your time well during exams, and go to all lectures. Use model kits.

love her way

She's a fantastic professor, you can tell she really cares about her students. Her lectures were easy to follow and there was plenty of chances to practice concepts, and she was very helpful outside of class as well. The tests were fair (but make sure you practice ranking relative properties). She's got a good sense of humour as well.

She is a very approachable professor. Whenever I was stuck on a current assignment, I would email her (about 7pm) and she would email back just an hour or two later. She cares about her students and their performance. She always has extra practice resources available and I cannot wait to take another one of her class

Dr. Iosub is an excellent professor. She's able to make intimidating material (o-chem) very understandable. She's not an easy professor, but she's always there to answers questions after lecture and she's happy to help in office hours. Go to her office hours!!!

Dr Iosub was amazing at responding to emails and guiding my reasoning in the right direction. She is a patient, caring teacher. Her lectures were engaging and easy to follow. My one problem was the last module which I felt she really rushed through despite it being a major exam topic. I think the course itself needed to be organized a bit better.

For anyone taking ochem I would highly recommend Dr. Iosub! She is super clear, extremely helpful, and very caring. I honestly never thought I would enjoy ochem nor do well as I had heard it is extremely tough. Dr. Iosub truly made me enjoy the class and my mark reflected that. I recommend going to her office hours as they are the key to success!

I personally enjoyed the layout the course as there was decent weight given for weekly assignments and quizzes which took the pressure of the midterms and final. However, we were behind in lectures that were required for the assignments. Lectures also leaves out certain information that is important to complete the assignment well.

Dr. Iosub is an absolute legend! The two lecture booklets that she uses for chem 231 and 234 are terrific as she only teaches and tests from what is within them. Her tests are fairly straightforward and I never felt unprepared given all the additional resources she provides! One of the best UVIC professors I have had. Go to her office hours!

Violeta's lectures are engaging and easy to follow (as long as you ALWAYS show up to class - else you'll be lost). She always had time to answer questions after class and had excellent office hours availability. She really likes asking relative ranking questions on exams - practice those!!

Dr. Iosub is a really great professor! This course ran smoothly, but there was just no time to study for the final exam, which felt a bit unfair. I think she recognized that and will probably not do that again in the future.

UVic is so lucky to have Dr. Iosub! I needed this course as a pre-req and I ended up being so surprised at my performance on both midterms. A lot of concepts that I struggled with for years all seemed to come together for me in this course. Online office hours + tutorials were so helpful. I found her to be so kind and caring.

Dr. Iosub is a great prof! Her lectures are very informative so make sure to attend them. She is very clear with her explanations and super helpful during her office hours. I would definitely recommend taking classes that she teaches.

Iosub is amazing; she has one of those teaching styles in which you feel like you are not rushing, but you still get through a lot of material. Office hours are both zoom/in person, so you can still attend if sick. OChem is always hard, but she sets up her course so you get principles, not just memorized equations. Good setup for future chem

Easily my favourite professor ever. She makes it super easy for anyone to succeed in organic chemistry no matter your skill levels. She gives out tons of practice and has office hours multiple times a week and is very clear about what to expect on tests. Just truly a lovely lady. I recommend doing all the practice she provides.

Dr. Iosub is one of my favourite professors so far at uvic! She is so helpful and makes it easy to understand difficult concepts. She gave lots of practice material and tests always reflected what we learned. You could tell she really cared about the success of her students. I would love to take another class with her in the future!

great prof

I love Dr. Iosub, she is the most helpful caring prof. If you practice and study the material she gives for homework, turorial and lectures you can easily receive an A-B!

I love Violeta she is perfect, so funny, so nice and really helpful. Explains things well and grades fairly. Love the lecture book. Overall amazing professor

Violeta is amazing. Structured, clear, caring. Wants her students to succeed. She is a very fair prof and while it isn't an easy class, she makes it easy to succeed. Takes complex topics and breaks them down well

I love Violeta:) I have taken Chem 231, 234, and am taking 337 with her now. She is so caring, incredibly perfectly paced, and makes sure you understand what is being taught. I could not imagine ANY other prof teaching me organic chem. Further, Violeta is the reason I am now majoring in chem and pursing a career in organic chem, she is the best!

Dr. Iosub is one of my faves in the chem department. I missed a lot of online quiz deadlines due to sickness and urgencies and without question she always gave me an extension to complete it. She actually cares about her students success in her course. Replies to emails within a few hours. She's very funny too. Love her!

Violeta Iosub is amazing! She is so helpful and her office hours are the best. She loves to see her students succeed and is very encouraging and supportive, but also keeps it real and gives realistic feedback and strategies on how to improve. This course and its content was 100% better because she was teaching in a clear and step by step way.

Dr. Iosub is wonderful. OChem is a notoriously difficult course (this is no exception), but she makes it way less daunting. Her lectures are clear, engaging, and interesting and she was lovely when I asked for help outside of class. I wish exams didn't make up so much of the grade, as they're very challenging, but with effort the course is doable.

I love Violeta. I've had her for all my ochem courses. She is so lovely, teaches at a good pace, and cares about her students' success. I would say the poor reviews are not at all an accurate representation of this wonderful prof

Dr. Isoub made organic chemistry the most enjoyable class. I was nervous going into it, but ended up doing really well especially thanks to her. She is super caring and an amazing professor.

Iosub is witty and cares a ton. The lecture book is gold, ochem is a hard subject but she tries very hard. The quizzes are hard, bu designed to help you learn. Lots of practice problems and resources are made available, so if you put in the effort you can definitely succeed. I'd be excited to have her as a prof again.

Best prof at UVic.

By far one of my favorite profs, her office hours are super helpful. Class was hard but definitely doable, she makes it so much better

Nobody is more qualified to teach organic chemistry than Dr. Iosub. Shes the best. Go to class, do the practice problems/quizzes. Go to tutorials. You will succeed.

Prof. Iosub made organic chem a breeze. Lectures were well paced, great explanations, homework and assignments were helpful, and her exams were fair. She posts previous exams to study from and both midterms and finals were similar, so no surprises. I'd definitely take a class with her again.

She is one of my favourite profs at UVic, she teaches so well, and cares so deeply for her students. I would and have taken every class she offers here. I am sad I cant take any more of her courses

Dr. Iosub was wonderful. Her lectures are easy to follow and informative, the lecture book is extremely useful as well. All the review material she posts is very helpful, especially old exams. They were very useful in studying for the midterms and finals. Overall I would definitely recommend Dr. Iosub for organic chemistry!

Dr. Iosub is the best chemistry prof I've had to this point. She is clearly very passionate not only about chemistry but also about how her students learn. I struggled a lot in the first part of this class, so don't forget to buckle down and put in the work! Ochem isn't an easy class but she makes up for it 100%. Definitely attend office hours!!

Dr. Iosub is the best teacher I have encountered in the science department. She clearly values education and the art of teaching. It is important to go to lectures as each module builds on the previous on however practice problems and detailed solutions are provided as well as previous midterms and finals so there are no surprises on exams.

I hate chemistry but her lectures make me actually want to pay attention. She somehow makes it sound interesting and explains things very well.

Amazing. Before this class, Organic Chemistry was merely a mandatory course for me. I had no real expectations and only ever heard about how hard Ochem is. Now I'm highly considering pursuing chemistry, or at the very least, minoring in it.

She's the best teacher she makes things very clear and is good at going through content and problems. Content gets harder as you go so first midterm was easier than second. Quizzes were very helpful in learning the content. Final was hard and needed lots of studying as it was pretty heavily cumulative to make all the reagents for the synthesis.

I absolutely ADORED this prof and her incredible personality as a teacher and a person. Her sarcasm and jokes made the class most enjoyable and fun, and the room was full every single 8:30am class. I can honestly say I would not have passed this course if I hadn't had her extra support in review sessions and office hours (go to those!!!!)

This is my best professor ever! she's the best; she explains well inside and outside lectures, gives detailed feedback, and tells you where to improve. Her midterms and exams are very well organized. You can get above a 95% in this class if you are determined and engaged. She made classes very fun for me. Attend office hours, they helped a lot!

An amazing woman and an even more amazing teacher! Most fun I had in a class ever! The content is difficult and hefty; however, she has a brilliant ability of still successfully teaching difficult concepts with care.

I enjoyed Dr. Iosub's part of 231 and thought she explained the concepts very well. In fairness, she taught the “easier” part of the course but I never found myself confused in her lectures. I can't speak on office hours as I never went 😬 but her review session before the final was very helpful. The tests were completely fair as well.

Dr. Iosub is an amazing teacher. Highly organized and engaging, clear explanations and expectations and many opportunities to engage with content which is essential to succeed. Do the practice questions, make an equation review sheet, re-do all quiz questions, complete all the practice tests multiple times and go to class you can do very well !

Had her for both 231 and 234, and I couldn't recommend her enough. She made orgo really fun and provided lots of resources to improve. She is also super funny so that makes the class feel less stressful. Even though orgo has a super bad rep, she made the class way more fun and I ended up enjoying it more than my other classes.

As a chem major, she's one of my favourite professors, and people at UVic. Had her throughout my whole undergrad and couldn't recommend her more. If you get the chance to attend office hours, they are super helpful. Wonderful person and even better prof.

One of my favourite profs ever. Material is difficult but she makes it understandable. You have to go to lectures to understand and do a good amount of practice outside of class as lectures only cover easier problems. Difficult course but manageable until the last few weeks where I found the content became very confusing and rushed

Funny humour, her section of 231 (second half) was harder than the first half. Midterm was pretty tough. Luckily there's a ton of resources to help, and she did her best to explain topics, just didn't come across perfectly every time.

I understand the frustration, this is a hard course! The latter half is definitely more difficult, and moves faster. A lot of your understanding will come from doing practice questions. I found Dr. Iosub really funny and enjoyable, though she can come off as harsh sometimes. I would recommend 50 minute lectures, the 90 minute ones can be rushed.

Dr. Iosub is a fantastic professor for organic chem! She did teach the harder half of the course, and the 90 min lectures were very rushed and not well distributed for midterm coverage. I found going to her office hours extremely useful! She seems a bit scary but really I can tell she cares a lot about the students, and she likes kung fu panda so